News
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06 June 2024
Swifts - the screaming 'devil birds' of summer
They may not look like much (they’re basically two wings and a mouth) but it’s hard to explain their abilities without making them sound supernatural. Read about Swifts.
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03 June 2024
Swimming with Terns
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is famous for its breeding colonies of Tern. Volunteer, David Bentley, tells us about his idea of a perfect summers day spent swimming with them.
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03 June 2024
A volunteering double act
It’s Volunteers Week 2024 and we’d like to introduce husband and wife, Janet and Peter Mann. Find out what’s kept them volunteering at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve for the last seven years.
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02 June 2024
Volunteers reminisce part 3. Setting up SxBRC, Seasearch, Shoresearch and more
Gerald Legg tells us about decades of volunteering out on reserves with his Land Rover, helping to set up the Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre, as well as supporting Shoresearch
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01 June 2024
In search of 1500 species
Graeme Lyons and Dave Green set out to find, identify and record 1500 species, including 1000 invertebrates, in 24 hours in West Sussex. We find out how it went and how many species they found.
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28 May 2024
Heritage crime uncovered
Heritage crime is on the rise. Local Heritage Crime Officer, Daryl Holter of Sussex Police, came to the Discovery Centre to tell us more.
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28 May 2024
Chailey Commons site visit with Forestry England
Lydia Baxter Wilder Ouse Project Officer recently took staff from Forestry England to see the leaky dams installed at Chailey Common Nature reserve last winter.
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25 May 2024
A Woods Mill wander for Volunteers Week
A wildlife walk at Woods Mill was a great start to events being put on to thank our amazing volunteers during Volunteers Week 2024
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24 May 2024
Insects in art
Louisa Crispin is a regular visitor to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. However she’s not there to spot the birdlife, instead seeking out the insect population, ready to capture them in her intricate graphite pencil drawings.
Around Sussex
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07 May 2020
Species of the day: Green Shield Bug
Unfortunately there’s always been a common tendency to call all manner of insects ‘bugs.’ In the case of the Green Shield Bug it’s quite correct, for it’s a ‘true bug’ within the substantial order Hemiptera
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06 May 2020
Species of the day: Blackbird
The Blackbird may well evoke a stronger sense of connection to us than any other bird, possessing the quintessential song of the English summer
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06 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty.
Fifty days! A look back over the past seven weeks of the Corona Wildlife Diary